Kaposi's sarcoma of lung

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

C46.50 Kaposi's sarcoma of unspecified lung
C46.51 Kaposi's sarcoma of right lung
C46.52 Kaposi's sarcoma of left lung

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Kaposi's sarcoma of lung

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from C46 Kaposi's sarcoma

Code first

any human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Sarcoma > hemorrhagic, multiple
Kaposi's > sarcoma > lung
Sarcoma > Kaposi's > lung

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C46.0	Kaposi's sarcoma of skin	Valid
C46.1	Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue	Valid
C46.2	Kaposi's sarcoma of palate	Valid
C46.3	Kaposi's sarcoma of lymph nodes	Valid
C46.4	Kaposi's sarcoma of gastrointestinal sites	Valid
C46.7	Kaposi's sarcoma of other sites	Valid
C46.9	Kaposi's sarcoma, unspecified	Valid